The Point Of Order Parliamentary Law Unit is a local study group of the
National Association of Parliamentarians (NAP). This West Seattle unit
consists of members with a variety of interests and experience.

Would you like to learn more about holding effective meetings, serving as an officer, improving your group's bylaws, running elections, or other areas of parliamentary procedure? If so, visit us at one of our meetings and consider joining our group. Find us also on Facebook.

Annual dues are $10 and membership is open to any NAP member or anyone preparing for NAP membership. Download our membership application form.

The Point Of Order Unit has prepared, as a community service, a simple one-page Meeting Procedures Reference Sheet based on the current edition of Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised. To obtain a copy of the reference sheet by e-mail, please e-mail your request.

The Point Of Order Unit periodically presents free public workshops on parliamentary procedure as a community service. To get information about our next workshop series by e-mail, please e-mail your request.

The Point Of Order Unit periodically e-mails a free Meeting Tip as a community service. To see a sample, subscribe by e-mail, or to request archived tips, go to http://tips.pointoforder.org.

Regular meetings are held monthly on the fourth Saturday, except in the months of June, July, and December unless otherwise ordered by a majority vote of the membership or by a 2/3rd vote of the board, 11:15 a.m. - 1:15 p.m., in West Seattle; see the meeting schedule below. (Meeting dates, times and locations are subject to change.) Meeting locations:

Each meeting follows the standard order of business in Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised (RONR) for unit business, and includes an educational program from RONR. This format provides each member with opportunity to both learn and practice parliamentary procedure.